On the 6^th February HM The Queen marked 70 years on the throne and the Platinum Jubilee year began.  I talk more about Leicestershire’s plans to mark this historic event below, but its an amazing thought to me that that a young woman whose reign began in the aftermath of World War Two, when rationing was still in place and our cities were still scarred by the blitz, should still be serving our country a lifetime later in third decade of the 21^st century, in the age of the internet. I very much look forward to celebrating this landmark during the Jubilee celebrations at the start of June!